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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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